People crying, people clapping, people continuing to believe the lies.

One of the best German anti war songs performd by three legends of German singer and songwriter music!

mein grossvater war im ersten weltkrieg mit 17 jahren, hat gott sei dank überlebt, auch den zweiten weltkrieg, hat er überlebt. und ich sitze jetzt zuhause und hoffe das die kriege nicht noch mehr werden und hoffentlich bald zuende gehen.

My heroes. Over 40 decades. And I' m very proud that they don' t keep silent about current events.

I am German and as this is a very famous song here in Germany, I first heard it as a child and many times again after that during my 53years. What can I tell you, it makes me cry every single time I hear it....I even already tear up during the first couple of lines of it. It's probably the most powerful lyrical anti war statements ever written in German language.

For those, who doesnt understand German, i found this Translation: Far in the Champagne in midsummer green there where poppy flowers bloom between grave crosses there the grasses whisper and shake themselves effortlessly in the wind, which gently sweeps over the graveyard At your cross I find dead soldier, not your name, only numbers and someone has painted the number 1916, and you were not even 19 years old. Yes, they have also already deceived you similarly just as they do with us still today, and you have given them everything : your strength, your youth, your life. Have you dead soldier, once loved a girl? Surely not, because only here, where there is peace, could tenderness and trust flourish, were a soldier, about to die, not be too young. Perhaps you thought to yourself, I will fall soon, I will take my pleasure, as it comes, with force. To this end you were determined, you have however then been ashamed of yourself and never did it. Soldier, did you go believing and gladly to your death? or have you too doubtfully, bitterly, roughly not recognized your true enemy until the end? I hope it hit you a clean shot? Or has a bullet torn your limbs to pieces, have you cried out to your mother until the last, have you on your leg stumps run further, and your grave, does it hold more than a leg, a hand? There remained only the cross as the single trace/proof of your life, but hear my oath, to fight for peace and to be vigilant: If mankind once again falls for lies here then it can come to pass, that soon no one lives anymore, no one, who will bury the billions of dead However I find more and more people willing, to prevent this battle, it's high time. lyricstranslate.com

Das was du dir ansiehst, zeigt wie gut dein Herz und deine Seele sind, du bist echt Klasse 😊

This Message is ... SOOO GREAT! The people, here in germany, went on the streets lastly against discrimination - We ALL stood up! No more human slaughter houses! What a super Performance!

Thank you for sharing My eyes are always wet when hearing this song. They are such great singers with all their hearts and souls in their texts.

Sehr gut, dass der ganze Planet das hört und kennt!

A short scroll didn't show me any comments to that effect, so, I just want to say that Hannes Wader made the text after the original song (same melody) from Scotch/Australian singer Eric Bogle, called "no man's land" or oftentimes called "green fields of france". Doesn't make the song worse or anything - just should be known! The audience is clapping, btw, mostly because this is a classic which Reinhard Mey and Hannes Wader, sometimes even with Constantin Wecker sung together already in the 1960s! It is one of the great Hymns of the German Pacifist Movement.

I have always tears in my eyes when I hear this song. I've got two sons and I pray that they never never never are forced to fight into a war. I don't want them to die for the profit of the great companies and the mighty. And I don't want them to kill other young people.. for nothing. Everybody has only thin one short life. All wars on this world have to come to an end

They are still with us. Three songwriters that have been singing again war, racism and corruption for over 50 years. They never gave up. Even if their singing voices are not what they were - the message is still powerful.

Yes, the time is overdue to overcome the lies of those in power who send others to die for their false goals. A very powerful song, thank you for sharing it.

I am English and grew up in the 60s and it took until my 60s to discover these three great artists, thanks to my dear German friend Heike-Alice. Well, better late than never. Well done for discovering them earlier in your life.

Hey Respekt, das man dies Lied hier auf einen Amerikanischen Kanal sieht. Einfach nur Krass ❤

Reinhard Mey and Hannes Wader are really a dream combination, I love when they sing each other's songs and their musical styles and voices mix so well too.

Ich finde diesen Kanal super und wichtig!!!!!!!!! Wenn wir uns mehr und mehr dafür interessieren, wir andere Menschen und Kulturen ticken, merken wir vielleicht endlich, dass wir alle eine Menschheitsfamilie sind und gemeinsam stehen müssen, für ein selbstbestimmtes Leben, in Frieden, Freiheit und Gemeinschaft!!!!🙏❤😊

This peace song is beyond powerful!!!! Greetings from Germany!

Thank you very much for your compassion! From the bottom of my heart.

Awesome Song and awesome reaction from you. You brougth me Reinhold Mey beck. I am 45 and know him since my childhood. But now I am old enough to understand his lyrics and the meaning of his Songs. He is one of the greatest. Thank you.

War, what is it good for?? Nothing!!! I can't thak you enough for showing us songs like this!💚😍

An another song about young soldier's deaths is "19" by Paul Hardcastle about the vietnam war.

Dieses Lied und Nein, meine Söhne geb ich nicht gehören um die Welt gesendet!!!!!

The original song is in English: The Green Fields of France (No man's land) and for me it is the best example of how different Germans think and talk about war. In English they worry about that the soldier, a hero, doesn't have a real funeral or can not be remembered in honor. In Germany they tell the truth about war. It's brutal. Germans even talk about rape. Because soldiers are put in an inhumane situation, nobody can cope with. You have to be detached and you are forced to do the inexcusable: kill other people's sons and daughters, husband's and children.

Danke ihr gebt mit euren Lieder immer wieder die Wahrheit weiter ❤❤👏👏👏👏👏👏

In our high school (Gymnasium 5-12) class 10 had to learn and later sing it at the K10-graduation (e.g. if u got an apprenticeship, ) ... around 110 16-year-olds singing this song has a weird power ... [and yes our head of music and arts was a bit crazy ... we also had or a-level graduation at the grave of Bach .... IN the church; ~90 18-year-olds, singing this and 2 or 3 Bach songs, then your name was read, u went down from the altar to the podium, laid a red rose on Bach's grave, shook hands with the "Direks" (principal), got a few words and an A-lvl-diploma ... took around 3h ... strange memories, but nice ... so whatever] 🤔

Thank you so much, for sharing this amazing, heartbreaking song. Thank you for your honest emotion. So touching. 💔

" Every cannon that is built, every warship that is launched, every missile that is fired is ultimately a theft from those who are starving and have no food, those who are cold and have no clothes. A world under guns isn't just wasting money alone. It also squanders the sweat of its workers, the spirit of its scientists, and the hope of its children. " Dwight D Eisenhower

Reinhard May "Die Kinder von Izieu", "Mein Berlin" ,"Sei wachsam", Der Fischer und der Boss" , "Kai", "Die Waffen nieder!" and "Eisenbahnballade" very nice songs :)

Every one of them is an amazing singer and songwriter in their own right, but the three of them together are truly special.

Those three German singers, I love....and I love this glimpse of your observing (and appreciating) them!

My family on my mother‘s side lost three sons, the youngest was 14 years old. They also lost their home, friends and far more. It was a long way they had to go from East Prussia and all the way to the west. And it took quite a long time to be able and build a new home. Flat out terrible! And one of four returned.

R.I.P Reinhard Mey 😢

The English original is called "The Green Fields of France". There's a excellent version by the Fureys. From your reaction to this song I'd r recommend "Lives in a Balance" by Jackson Browne. Though written in the eighties you can find elements in US politics that make this song ever more relevant in every decade since...

Zum 6mal gehört und immer wieder Tränen in den Augen.

Was für ein zu Herzen gehender Song!!!! Ich habe ihn selbst in meiner Jugend in einer Singegruppe gesungen und kann den Text immer noch. (auch im Auto ein gern gesungener Song von mir) Danke für deine Reaktionen, insbesondere Reinhard Mey

I can only listen to this song every few months because with out failure it causes me to ugly cry everytime.

Its the german Version of "The green fields of France", a very hard but great song.

Thank you Mr Shae for bringing these old songs (performed by three of the best German language singers/songwriters) back to my mind. Now where are songs like that these days, when we would need them most? You see how big the stage was they performed on? People would LISTEN to them. Now we have a war at our back door and everyone behaves like it's in a far-off country and doesn't seem to care. Where are the protest singers? We need them. Talking is futile, the words are soon gone with the wind, but music touches your heart. oh, and one small remark: the Mey in Reinhard Mey is pronounced like "my" in English, just like the month of Mai in German. Names are tricky because they sometimes have ancient origins and kept the old spelling. Even as a native, when I only knew the written name, I sometimes have to ask.

If only everyone would understand the song completely. It's about time, that NOT ONE SINGLE man or woman will be a soldier. No soldiers, no war. But no, it's the ongoing lie to "fight for freedom" and this is a contradiction in itself! I grew up with Reinhard Mey's music and his songs had a huge impact on me. Special his songs about children helped me, to raise my sons for their best. And I told them very early, that they never ever will be soldiers and explained why. Nein, meine Soehne geb' ich nicht -- that's what Reinhard sang and I followed that, with my whole heart.

The normal humans around the world want a peaceful life but the warlords and the politic want money. So we must stand up against the warlords and politic puppets (on the string) ...

I also recommend the french song Le Deserteur (one version I love is by Esther and Abi Ofarim), it reminds me very much of this song - they’re both incredibly important and beautiful songs.

Heute macht die Welt nicht mehr den Eindruck als hätte sie das gehört.

I ve seen them in concert 20 years ago... :)

Again,an excellent comment and I mušt say thank you fór the Choice of this antiwar song.

Great reaction. Greetings from Germany

thank you brother 🙏🏼🕊🧿⚘❤ amen

This song is a german interpretation of "green fields of france", which is pondering the last moments of the young soldiers, that died in one of the most gruesome bloodiest front lines of WW1. Almost a million men died in this battle that lasted for almost a year, most of them were under the age of 20. Those few that survived were so heavily traumatised, that it led to the first time reckognition of PTBS being an illness, and research treating it. Though they called it "shell shocked" back then.

You're great I love you

You just can stop politicians by refusing to give them the power to acquire you doing this or that. JUST SAY NO!!! 💖🙂

A similar contemporary song about the same era is "Der Graben" (Ernst Busch). And some hints, how people can avoid wars like that, are "hidden" in the Song "Le Deserteur", which can be found as a performance of Hannes Wader.

Hi Shady , i think you could like "Sag mir wo die Blumen sind " by Marlene Dietrich These three are Legends

Original Song = Green Fields of France. A Scotsman who lives in Australia. Eric Bogle. Great Transition though. And my fav German Singers

The best Songwriter in germany ❤

Es gibt eine neue Version des Liedes mit Mey und Wecker ,leider ohne Wader.

YES BRO 🌍🌏🌎✊✊✊🙏🙏🙏🖖🖖🖖💖

Hallo, Die drei sind absolut großartig. Wir durften auch schon einmal einen Auftritt mit Herrn Wecker spielen. Wir durften ein Lied während seines Sets spielen. Ein sehr schöner Abend.

the original is by Eric Bogle and runs by "Green Fields of France", "No man's Land" or Willie McBride"

You missed one very important part of the song in your translation. After they sing about that he hopefully was killed by a clean shot and did not have to suffer. And then they sing: Or did a bullet shred your limbs?....... Or did you keep running on your stumps? The thought of that is mindblowing!

Each of the three men is around 80 years old

My grandmother's brother also died in the war at the age of 19. :-(

Lemmys song 1916 is very close to this song!

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One love 💚✌🏽🎶

open your heard and spirit, then only love and peace are possible

youre a good one Shady

I and I like your Comments and yours I-reaction. Like a rasta, Love you. Jah live.

Germans Ofter Got A Message.

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No more WAR!!!!

this song is for all people. also on the african continent young men dying in war.

I don'tt believe in god, but this song feels like a prayer to me. I love your reactions.

Two more songs by Rheinhard Mey would be worth a reaction: "The children of Izeu" and "The dignity of the pig is inviolable" ("Die Kinder von Izeu" und "Die Würde des Schweins ist unantastbar")

Try the fantastic and famous song Unterwegs Nach Suden by Hannes Wader. It is wonderful. Great singing and guitar artistry

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DU hörst geballte Liedermacherpower, seit Jahrzehnten warnen, singen und hoffen sie,leider hat sich nichts geändert.Nur wenn wir, wie die Drei auch den Willen haben anszusprechen und anzuprangern, ändert sich vielleicht etwas.

Sing this in Russia.

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The green fields of France or Es ist an der Zeit 😥

Eric Bogle - The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, Ithink is the original.

Babylon will fall ! Jah Kingdom soon ! Irie

🇩🇪🫡greetings from the nothseacoast, sir… hi shady… i totally agree.., we have to stop not the war😲 we have to stop the lies🤘 the war ends imidiatly!! I love your reactions♥️🫡you pick always our icones… volker pispers😂😂👌 mr mey… love your heart😲🇩🇪🥳♥️🙏stay safe

That song exists in different languages, also in English, with the same or similar lyrics... I think, the original is French.... here is the English version kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y65_psZ4up6xdaM.html

Now i dont feel guilty anymore of not fighting. Military is important for safety, but not meant to START a war.

damn some ninjas cutting onions here

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aryeiKaevMXVmo0.htmlsi=GzDlsosqiRKPjz4i This is the song up platt (northern German language) And this is the song in English: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i9-Zf8mErbnVlKc.htmlsi=YwNf4045b4kfDgSU The lyrics are all different - but all about seeing a grave of a young soldier 😢 My grandpa died. After 2 boys he wished for a girl and never got the chance to know about my mother - never saw his little girl....

The original is from Eric Bogle: the green fields of France

😢❤😢 trank you 😢

The dream Team

Try Herbert Grönrmeyer - Der Weg

Du bist dad(s) was vermiss

You have to listen to "Hannes Wader - Krieg ist Krieg" or "Die Internationale". Very powerful songs with a huge message.

could you listen to Paula P'CAY - ''Wir sind frei'' anhören? I know you can speak a little German. Goitzsche Front - Human would also be great

Es ist hart zu hören aber so ist es nun mal

Please listen to his song Kati und Sandy

19 its not young,,,,,germany we had soldier around 14 years

The YT-subtitles are basically useless.

try the "green fields of france" ... this song in english...

Tja....... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m795l7B81r6cY3k.html